Hourly rates

Under most circumstances, we’re able to agree either a Success Fee (calculated as a percentage) or a fixed fee. For cases charged on an hourly rate basis we will calculate our charges using the rates below.

Our role is to guide the landowner using our specialist knowledge in the rules governing property blight, compulsory purchase and statutory compensation.

Each billable unit consists of 60 minutes. For example 60 minutes = 1 unit

We bill hourly rates in 6 minute intervals. For example, 30 minutes would be 0.5 hours.

Our timesheets are rounded up to the next interval. For example if a phone-call lasted 10 minutes this could be billed as 0.2 hours.

Managers, Coordinators and Executive Assistants do not bill for their time. The cost of their time is considered to be included in the hourly rate of the relevant fee-earner responsible for the case.

Our people

James Broadbent

Managing Director

Thom Parker-Marrs

AssocRICS | Director

Debbie Goodfellow

General Manager

Aden Gale

Trainee Surveyor

Holly Shipton

Consents Officer

Joe Izzard

AssocRICS | Surveyor

Kelly Mullins

Case Coordinator

Dylan Connellan

Consents Team

Low Voltage

Open a case for low voltage lines that cross your property with our expert guidance.

High Voltage

Start your case for high voltage lines affecting your land with our dedicated team.

Pylons

Begin your case for pylons and overhead lines on your property with our professional guidance.

Our history

The company celebrates its 28^th anniversary this year having been founded by James Broadbent in 1996. With a background in planning, development and compulsory purchase, James saw an opportunity to create a new business providing high quality advice to homeowners throughout the UK whose properties are impacted by road, rail, airport and utility infrastructure projects.

During the late 1990’s and early noughties, this quickly grew to become a leading consultancy. The company represented over 9,000 clients affected by the new and widening sections of the M60, and over 2,000 affected by the M6 Toll Road, and has been involved in representing claimants affected by most major road scheme which have been built in this century.

In addition to private homeowners, the company also represents farmers, developers, landed estates, local authorities and housing associations.

In more recent years Thomson Broadbent has been at the forefront of negotiations for new wayleaves and easements for existing electricity power lines and associated apparatus.

Until Thomson Broadbent’s involvement, most homeowners who had electricity equipment did not have a written consent (wayleave or easement agreement) for their power lines on or over residential properties.

For the few wayleave consents that were in place, homeowners generally received nominal annual rents based on agricultural rates with no account for the visual impact and inconvenience of equipment being located in private gardens.

Since 2008, Thomson Broadbent’s team of surveyors and consents officers have negotiated compensation for tens of thousands of properties where electricity transmission and distribution equipment is sited.